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KWC reference # being translated: KWC2007.1.280

Name of Translator: Douglas Wingate Title/Credentials: MAOM students

metal box side one:


Characters: 门冬

Pinyin: Mén Dōng
English: Either Mai Men Dong (麥门冬) Ophiopogon Tuber, Ophiogonis Tuber or Tian Men Dong (天门冬), Asparagus Tuber, Asparagi Tuber







Paper bag insode the box

Notes from Translator:
Translation Dr. Ger : (K'uan-tung) - "Tussilago farfara" - COLT'S FOOT.
The second set of characters translates as Er (二) "Two" & Shí (十) "Ten" indicating a quantity of two tens, or twenty.


Sources:
Wiseman, N. (1995). English-chinese chinese-english dictionary of chinese medicine. p. 557, 661